When we first heard that Rey Ordonez had called the fans at Shea Stadium "stupid," we thought he was talking about the people who pay $40 a ticket and more to see the hopeless Mets dig their way through the basement floor in the National League East. Comment.

Elmhurst residents would like to see a community center built on the site where the landmark Keyspan gas tanks stood for so many years. Keyspan would like to make some money by selling the property to developer. A Whitestone developer is interested in constructing a YMCA center on the site but claims that this can only be done is if he is given permission to build a shopping center adjacent to the Y. Comment.

The line for the Super Bowl was endless. It wound clear around the stadium. A late arrival walked to the front and tried to push his way in. A burly fan who had been waiting for the gate to open since 8 a.m. growled at the late arrival and heaved him 50 feet back into the line. A second time, the man tried to edge his way into the front and again was tossed back by two men and their wives. Comment.

Merrick Boulevard has changed a great deal since my generation took roots in southeast Queens. Its first constructed surface was concrete. Through the year, as sewers, pipes and a maze of wires were installed underground, the concrete was chopped up when repairs had to be made. Comment.

As the founder and chairwoman of the board of directors of the Queens Womens Center, it gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the Queens Job Fair 2002 and World of Working Womens Conference and to discuss what I believe is the only comprehensive womens center in Queens  one that is probably unique to New York City. Comment.

This week we touch upon a not-so-publicized yet quite interesting industry. We find our location at the crossroads of Newton Avenue and Astoria Boulevard as they both meet on 21st Street. The area is known as Astoria Square, where we find The Furniture Market, which sells used furniture. Comment.

It is extremely important to always follow up your interview with a thank you note. This process will do two things; it will impress the employer with your professional attitude as well as re-emphasize the fact that you want the job. Many times this is th

Veteran Firefighter and Flushing resident Gary Celentani, described as the first casualty of Sept. 11 who did not die that day, was mourned by hundreds of friends and relatives Saturday in Whitestones Holy Trinity Church. Comment.

Veteran Firefighter and Flushing resident Gary Celentani, described as the first casualty of Sept. 11 who did not die that day, was mourned by hundreds of friends and relatives Saturday in Whitestones Holy Trinity Church. Comment.

The resume is a primary tool in finding a good job. When writing a resume, one should pay particular attention to its overall structure. There are several different guidelines that can help in doing this.

Veteran Firefighter and Flushing resident Gary Celentani, described as the first casualty of Sept. 11 who did not die that day, was mourned by hundreds of friends and relatives Saturday in Whitestones Holy Trinity Church. Comment.

The city has dramatically reallocated its resources to fight terrorism and is counting on local communities for more support, police, fire and hospital officials told a meeting of the Flushing Chamber of Commerce Monday afternoon. Comment.

A stretch of road used mostly by bikers and joggers in Cunningham Park and Alley Pond Park has recently been included in the National and New York Registers of Historic Places for being part of the first high-speed highway in the world ever to be constructed for automobiles. Comment.

When looking for a job, perhaps the most important thing a potential employer considers is the first impression. The way you dress and present yourself is very important, but if you show up late, odds are youre not going to get the job. Comment.

A Woodhaven mans sister, grandfather and mother were killed Monday night in a midnight DWI crash on the Long Island Expressway after he slowed or stopped the car during a trip back to Queens from a Long Island wedding, police said. Comment.

Whitestone residents launched a letter-writing campaign at a civic meeting Sept. 25 in an attempt to capture politicians attention about the thorny issue involving the regulation of community facilities. Comment.

The poor health of an elderly Jackson Heights man accused of lying about his alleged Nazi past to enter the country is not preventing the case against him from moving forward, according to published reports. Comment.

When a group of parents banded together to found a charter school in Astoria, the education they envisioned for neighborhood children sounded too good to be true, and for a tumultuous couple of years it almost was. Comment.

State Sen. Frank Padavan (R-Bellerose) earned the praises of several northeastern Queens school superintendents this week after the longtime elected official announced more than $300,000 in funding for student performance programs. Comment.

The temporary contract permitting the city to operate a homeless shelter at a bankrupt hotel near Kennedy Airport expired Monday, but the city is still finalizing the details on a long-term contract to allow the shelter to continue through 2017. Comment.

Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly reacted to complaints about low manpower at the 105th Precinct by promising to bring in a new pool of officers by January, but he nixed the idea of splitting the precinct in two when he appeared before the community council last week. Comment.

The North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System announced last Thursday the outline for its New Century Campaign, a $300-million fund-raising project designed to finance extensive modernization and expansion of its Queens and Long Island hospitals. Comment.

There will be no criminal charges filed against a Douglas Manor teenager accused of killing two people in July during a boat collision in Little Neck Bay since Queens District Attorney Richard Brown closed the case Tuesday for lack of evidence. Comment.

After years of lying unused, the wedge of land between the Baisley Park Houses and the Long Island Rail Road embankment on Guy R. Brewer Boulevard finally is being transformed into the site for the High School of Law Enforcement and Public Safety. Comment.

The city awarded $60,000 to the owner of a Rockaway Boulevard balloon business to repair the damage done by the Police Department when officers mistakenly destroyed a new addition during a search for human remains. Comment.

Bombardier Inc. Chairman Robert E. Brown announced in Montreal nearly 2,000 layoffs Friday. Within hours and 400 miles to the south, an accident during a test run of the John F. Kennedy Airport AirTrain left a train operator dead. Comment.

The downtown Flushing Caldor site will be covered in a glass facade when it opens as a mall in early 2003 in an ambitious project that already has piqued the interest of the Gap and several other national retailers, the developer said Monday. Comment.

Police confiscated $16,000 in cash and more than 1,200 cartons of stolen and fake cigarettes during a raid last week on a triple-decker house in Ozone Park, the Queens district attorney said Friday. Comment.

Reacting to critics who complained the community had been shut out from earlier proceedings, the state has decided to hold an additional public hearing as it weighs options for cleaning up the polluted Phelps Dodge industrial site in Maspeth. Comment.

A Forest Hills physician, whose wife was accused in July of setting his office on fire, has himself now been charged with secretly adding the anti-psychotic drug Risperdal to cranberry juice from which his wife and 8-year-old daughter drank, the Queens district attorney said. Comment.

Liza Pollastik sat calmly in her chair, her feet dangling just above the floor, waiting for the people gathered around the table to assemble an interview kit of pen and paper to record her story. Comment.

The National Transportation Safety Board has begun investigating a derailment of the AirTrain at Kennedy Airport Friday which killed a 23-year-old Jamaica man who was crushed by weights inside the first car during a test run of the light rail line. Comment.

Community leaders in Jamaica and officials at Kennedy Airport are waiting to see what impact Fridays AirTrain derailment and the projects delayed completion will have on a major economic development initiative in downtown Jamaica. Comment.

Since the AirTrains inception more than five years ago, the project has been the subject of severe criticism and reluctant support from residents and community leaders across southeast Queens. Comment.

Co-workers, friends and family filled the steps in front of Kelvin DeBourghs one-story brick house in Springfield Gardens Friday just hours after the 23-year-old conductor was killed in the AirTrain crash at Kennedy Airport. Comment.

Last Sunday afternoon I stepped from the brilliant sunlight on tree-lined street in Ozone Park into the CLC Community Center and was transported back into the late 1970s and into the blackest of murder tales ever conceived as the Spotlight Players presented Ira Levins 1978 thriller, Deathtrap. Comment.

All are welcome to Rockaway Artists Alliance Artsplash 2002, a month-long multimedia arts extravaganza. A wine and cheese opening reception will be held Sunday from noon - 4 p.m. and will feature live performances.

Oct. 5 through Nov. 3 the Rockaway Arts Center at Fort Tilden will exhibit the work of 50 visual artists of varied media in RAAs two gallery buildings and sculpture gardens. Celtic hip-hop band Seanchai is among the diverse roster of performing and literary artists scheduled on weekend afternoons and evenings for RAAs outdoor and indoor stages. Comment.

The Rockaway Partnership, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation of the Rockaway Chamber of Commerce, with the collaboration of the Rockaway community, has received funding to construct a waterfront recreation park along beautiful Jamaica Bay. The view from t

This project has been designed to transform a vacant and underutilized lot into a beautifully landscaped and tranquil park that has now been designated as the site of the Rockaway Peninsula tribute to the approximately 70 men and women we lost on Sept. 11, 2001. Comment.

Theyve won a national championship and have consistently been one of the top teams in the country for the past 10 years. But never has the St. Johns mens soccer team been ranked No. 1 in the country during the regular season. Comment.

Brandon Rush is a three-year starter for the Springfield Gardens football team, but the senior felt like he was playing his first game in the Golden Eagles green and gold Saturday despite an 18-0 loss to George Washington. Comment.

With one strike of Kellenberg senior Kimberly Costanzos right foot, the St. Francis Prep girls soccer team saw its 1-0 lead evaporate with 12 minutes left in a critical Nassau-Suffolk Catholic High School Girls Athletic Association match Monday at Fort Totten. Comment.

Franco Purificato is no stranger to the St. Francis Prep-Holy Cross soccer rivalry. The St. Francis Prep coach experienced it on the field as a player from 1990 to 1994, as the junior varsity coach from 1995 to 1999 and as the varsity head coach for the past two years. Comment.

The Bayside Commodores capitalized on several first-half turnovers and sailed to an easy 31-10 win over the DeWitt Clinton Governors Saturday in the Bronx. The victory improved Baysides record to 2-2 overall and 2-1 in PSAL league play. Comment.

A day before playing their first high school soccer game against each other and after some good-natured trash talking, close friends Carlos Moncaleano and Richie Lesmes made a pact: As soon as the game between rivals Long Island City and Newtown started, the Jackson Heights residents would leave their friendship on the sideline. Comment.